Re: [tied] Baltic-Slavic disintegration

George Knysh wrote:

> ******GK: I read the article a while back. I remember that the main
> items were (a) a particular kind of "attack knife" and (b) depiction
> of head gear on pottery which was identical to that of Sabatynivka
> warriors (a sort of pre-Roman plumage). There are pictures in the
> article.******

Does it (the head gear) looks like the Egyptian pictures of the "plst"
people and stamps on the Phaistos disc?
Do Sabatinovka artifacts show something similar? Very interesting! Where -
on pottery, in figurines, in petroglyphs, or ... ?

> *****GK: It's presented as a continuation of Sabatynivka (but of
> course the latter is viewed as a development of Zrubna in the West
> with assimilation of prior local groups and close contacts to Noa),
> Bilozerska on the other hand maintains close ties with Bilohrudiv
> (the ancestor of Chornolis) and with Bondarykha (Bondarikhino). Since
> Bilohrudiv and Chornolis are basically Thrakoid cultures, the switch
> away from "close contact" with the Thracian Halstatt which continues
> Noa is not a big deal.******

What does it mean - a "Thrakoid culture"? A cultural influence or an ethnic
attribution?
I'm asking because usually the Belogrudovskaya c. is considered as the
direct descendant of the East Trzciniec c. (not affected by the Lausitzer
c.), i.e. it should continue the "Corded Ware line".

Alexander